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What you think, governs your reality. You have the power to live out your dreams and remake your destiny, writes Rick Levy

Everyone’s lessons and challenges in life are unique, and each person’s story behind the story is their own. However, we all share one universal goal: to discover that we are made in the image of god. What this means is that we have the power to heal from all forms of distress and attain extravagant, superhuman levels of peace, love, wisdom and joy. We have the power to live out our noblest dreams and aspirations and the power to remake our destiny if we so choose. We have the power to change not only ourselves and our own lives, but the lives of those we love, our community, our nation, our world. In short, we are gods.

Joyous CommunionIf we are gods, why isn’t life on earth some kind of nirvana where everyone has the resources they need, where justice and freedom prevail for all, and where each of us is busy living out our own noble dreams in joyous communion with everyone else? The answer is simple: we haven’t created nirvana on earth because you, and the vast majority of the other 6.

7 billion people on the planet, don’t believe it is possible, because you’ve succumbed to the conditioned illusion that you are just a fallible, weak, mortal. It is for this reason that Vivekananda said, “All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark.” The fact is, if you knew for certain you were a god and had the power to make it happen, you would be living in nirvana right now, because what you think — your attitudes, ideas, beliefs and expectations — is actually scripting your destiny as you move through space and time.

The Law Of AttractionContrary to what many people believe, your thoughts are not confined to the privacy of your own mind. They exist in the form of subtle quantum or subatomic energy —waves of electromagnetic energy — that spread through your body and out into the world over phenomenal distances at super-luminal speed, in an instant, with no time lost at all. Like energy attracts like: negative thoughts and feelings attract stressful events and troublesome people, while harmonious thoughts and feelings attract love, joy and success. This is a scientific fact substantiated by over a century of research in the fields of quantum physics and subtle energy medicine, and validated through recent brain imaging studies at Johns Hopkins University. This is why the Buddha said, “The mind is everything. What you think, you become.” The Greek philosopher Socrates and his famous student Plato both agreed. Their simple maxim was, “As you think, so shall you be.”

What the ancient rishis and rishikas knew 5,000 years ago has been proven by science beyond a shadow of doubt: matter is made of energy and energy is governed by thought. Your thoughts about your own nature, the nature of the world, and your prospects in life are creating the very future you are experiencing as you move through time. Small thoughts about who you are and what you can do will create a small future and boatloads of distress. Larger-than-life thinking, as long as it is accurate will create a destiny consistent with your highest aspirations and beyond.

This simple fact — matter is made of energy, and energy is governed by thought — is the engine that drives karma. Master your thinking, and you’ll be able to control your karma. Direct your thinking in the right way, and you will live out your highest hopes and dreams for the incarnation, free of distress. The truth really is that simple. The human mind, however, is not that simple. It is a complex machine, one in which the vast majority of your thoughts, feelings, beliefs and expectations are going on “behind the scenes” at levels of your mind that you can’t access without the right tools.

Positive Thinking Some years ago, a book called The Secret became a worldwide bestseller. The Secret is based on the same scientific premise: matter is made of energy and energy is governed by thought. The Secret claimed that you could manifest what you want by thinking and imagining that you already have it. The Secret was a deep disappointment, however, to its readers, who gave their all to “think positively” about obtaining the objects of their desire — health, wealth, love and so on — without results. If The Secret’s premise is correct, and I assure you it is, why did these readers discover that positive thinking alone didn’t deliver the desired results? The answer is simple: the only level of mind they were bringing to the task — the conscious mind — is the weakest, smallest part of the mind. If you want to be free of distress, if you want to realise your dreams, you need to be able to access and direct your thinking at every level of your mind.

Most people are only aware of their conscious minds — their everyday thoughts, feelings, beliefs and attitudes — but there are other levels of the mind far more powerful, levels at which you are constantly “thinking” but unaware of it. Hidden behind the conscious mind is the subconscious mind, and you are living out much of your story there. Then there is the vastness of the super-conscious mind — what people commonly call the “soul” or “spirit”. Every human being possesses super-conscious awareness and it is infinite in power.

Some of your story is being lived out there in the form of your highest aspirations, the “knowledge” of why you’re here, and your yearning for what is sacred.

For each of us, the resources in the subconscious and super-conscious minds constitute a limitless storehouse of insight and energy that has the ability to heal the body and mind, conquer the challenges of daily living and sustain an extraordinary life of fulfilment and joy. You must get in touch with the hidden dimensions of your mind.

The Triumphant ThreeThere are three things that are essential to your ability to live out your own story behind the story, free of distress:

Maintain the right attitude: You must dare to dream. You are a god who was born in human form for the purpose of living an epic heroic adventure — a life characterised by nothing less than total fulfilment, harmony, love and joy.Gain your freedom: You must understand the themes, buried memories and unacknowledged lessons you learned from others that have distorted your beliefs and expectations about who you are, what you can do, and how good life can be. These distorted conditioned habits of thought are driving your karma, keeping you susceptible to distress, and prohibiting you from realising your limitless potential.

Claim your power: You must access the super-conscious dimensions of your mind, where you will find insight into your highest destiny and the power you need to create it. With this power, you will be able to achieve any noble aspiration and conquer any obstacle that stands in your way, including your distress.